Tile.



J. FERLA.

TILE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1907.

1,047,927. Patenteii D60.24, 1912.

'w/r/v ES INVENTOH To all whom may concern:

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FERL A, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;, ASSIGNOR T6 AMERICAN MINERAL.WQOD' MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION QFJNEW YORK. i

TILE.

Be it known that I, J oHN FERLA, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing in I New York cit New York, have invented a new and. use -ul Improvement in Tiles, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tiles and has for. its object the production of atile possessing in similar degree the capacity for resisting heat and chemical action which characterizes an ordinary ceramic tile and also characterized by. greater strength, lighter weight, and a capacity to withstand shocks and jars which would shatter the ordinary ceramic outer covering of as many. surfaces as de-' The invention also contemplates the production of a tile especially adaptedfor wainscoting and roofing which can be nailed spht by driving nailsthrough it. v

My improved tile is illustrated in the accompanyin'g drawing, and consists essentially of a body of'asbestos board and an sired of enamel or glaze. The asbestos board which forms the body of the tile may be produced in various ways, but I preferably employ an asbestos board composed of asbestos,,Portland cement, hemp, acetic acid and .glue united in suitable proportions. This composition,.when formed in sheets an'd subjected to heavy pressure, is chm-ac terized by a greater degree of toughness than any other asbestos board of which I am aware which ma be worked with wood working tools and it is therefore specially well adaptedto receive a coating of enamel or glaze.

In the drawings Ldesignates the asbestos board body of the tile and 2' designates the coating of glaze or enamel, which is shown as extending over one-surface'only. Itis Specification of lZ-etters Patent. Application filed May 25,1907. Serial No. 375,744.

glaze fused thereon.

Patented fiecQ L 191 2.

to be understood, however, that the glaze may be applied over-all the surfaces of the tile if desired. The application of the enamel or laze to the body of thetile may be effected y any of the ordinary methods,

as the body of the tile is adapted to withstand the heatrequired to melt any of'the ordinary glazing or enameling compounds withoutbeing 'injured thereby.

Having thus. described my'invention, what I claim'as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a tile comprising a body portion of compressed asbestos hardenedand made homogeneous by a binder that is infusible at the melting temperature of enamel, and provided with r a surface coating of encaustic enamel fused thereon.

7 2. As an article of manufacture, a tile comprising a body portion consisting of asbestos, Portland cement; hemp, acetic acid and a suitable adhesive,and provided. with a surface coating ofl'encaustic enamel or 3. A composition of matter. comprising compressed homogeneous asbestos and including a binder infusible at the .meltin I point of'encausticenamehand a surfac coating of'en'ca'ustic enamel fused thereon.

4. A composition of matter comprising a homogeneous compressed mixture of asbestos, Portland cement, hemp, acetic acid and a suitable adhesive, so a to be infusible at, the melting temperature of an encaustic enamel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed name in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHNFERLA.

-Witnessesy Y J. FRANK Gun/[Ami],

'BRADFORD. 

